I am so happy I found this! By J. L.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading these posts...I searched for "quit+teaching" on google and ended up here. I have found myself laughing out loud and sharing some posts with my husband because I feel so similar to many people

who have posted! I am in my 6th year of teaching and am feeling confident that it will be my last. I teach in a high achieving public school in a wealthy suburb. I fully understand that teaching in a poorer district has huge challenges, but at times I wish that is where I taught! The parents' demands, students' "I've never heard no" attitudes, parents not believing that

their child can do anything wrong, constant parent phone calls/e-mails, and parents' over involvement at school frustrates me so much. (I know that may sound ridiculous, but please believe me! It's a whole other world at my school!) I have enough stories to write a book about the ridiculous things that have gone on at my school. I have suffered from anxiety attacks and general anxiety about going to work each day.

I have noticed lately that most teachers I talk to are not happy with their job. Even those who do not realize it complain about it on a regular basis. We just had a week and a half off for winter break and I had a great time, but I couldn't help from thinking each day that I was one day closer to having to go back.

I am now looking into going back to school for some variety of a business degree (I'm 28 and have a Master's in Education.) I have applied for corporate trainer positions, but have never even gotten an interview...it seems that you do have to first get into the company doing an entry-level job and then work up to a training position.

It is so refreshing to think as I file activities away for next year, that I will not be the teacher dealing with it in a year!

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